Education
Purdue University: West Lafayette, Indiana April 2005 to May 2012, PhD College of Technology (Digital Forensics), Dissertation Title: “Cyber warfare as a form of conflict: Evaluation of models of cyber conflict as a prototype to conceptual analysis”, Advisor: Marcus Rogers, GPA 3.68
Purdue University: West Lafayette, Indiana June 2004 to August 2004, Information Assurance Graduate Certificate Education
Colorado Technical University: Colorado Springs, Colorado July 1998 to February 1999, MSCS Software Systems Engineering, GPA 3.808
Huron University: Huron, South Dakota December 1997 to August 1998, BS Computer Science, GPA 4.0
Westmar University: Le Mars, Iowa December 1996 to July 1998, BA, GPA 3.85
Edison Community College: Fort Myers, Florida April 1994 to May 1996, AA General Studies, GPA 3.59
Certifications
- Current DoD Security Clearance
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), April 2010
- Certification in C++ – Colorado Technical University, March 1999
Training
- CITI Program “Basic CITI Course in The Protection of Human Research Subjects” – Purdue University August 2011
- IP3’s IT Security Workshop: From Strategy to Reality – July 2005
- Cisco Professor Professional Security Development – Cisco, August 2004
- Sun Microsystems Hardware Course – Akibia March 2003
- Building Cisco Multilayer Switching Networks – Knowledge Net April 2003
- Building Cisco Remote Access Networks – Knowledge Net March 2003
- Internetwork Troubleshooting – Knowledge Net February 2003
- Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks – Knowledge Net February 2003
- Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices - Knowledge Net January 2003
- Sun Microsystems Vision and Technologies (ISA-010) – Sun Microsystems February 2003
- I-Force Enterprise Certification – Sun Microsystems February 2003
- I-Force Workgroup Certification – Sun Microsystems February 2003
- Sun Microsystems SRS Training – Sun Microsystems June 2002
- Sun Microsystems SunMC Training – Cirba Training April 18, 2002
Awards and Honors
- Purdue University – CERIAS Symposium 2012 Poster session first place award
- Department of Homeland Security – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Fellowship – Purdue University Homeland Security Institute January 2008
- Sun Microsystems – Outstanding Service Provider of the Quarter – Sun Microsystems Q2 December 2001
- Sun Microsystems – Mid-Americas Partner of the Month – Sun Microsystems March 2001
- Huron University – Suma Cum Laude, July 1998
- Huronian Award – Huron University May 1998
- Westmar University – Magna Cum Laude, December 1998
- Westmar University Student Association Achievement – Westmar University 1997
- Joint Meritorious Unit Award – United States Marine Corps March 1985
- Meritorious Mast – United States Marine Corps December 1984
Experience Summary of Successes
- Developed internal funding of laboratory expansion at Purdue University Calumet of $450K.
- Negotiated gift in kind donation to Purdue University Calumet from Cisco Corporation of $111K
- Received NIPSCO equipment donation to Purdue University Calumet of $500K (aprox).
- Implemented and developed strategies for IForce certification of NCR corporation with Sun Microsystems
- Led world-wide recovery efforts and supply chain recovery processes while at NCR serving Sun Microsystems
- Provided leadership and solutions towards efficient cost saving telecommunications strategies while at NCR serving Sun Microsystems
- Provided leadership and subject matter expertise to global telecommunication carrier MCIWorldcom implementing solutions across federated enterprise
Experience Careers
National Defense University: Associate Professor March 2011 to Present
Serve as a recognized expert and professor of systems management, and contribute expertise in information operations, computer network operations, computer network defense, information assurance, cybersecurity, cyberterrorism, and cyberwar. Experience encompasses the systems/network security technical and management disciplines required to ensure the security of information systems used in the federal government; including cryptography, access control, threat analysis and vulnerability assessment.
- Serve as research advisor to individual students on topics related to national security.
- Conduct studies, prepare papers, and gives presentations in relevant areas of information systems?management.
- Provide analyses of systems management issues to develop new concepts and approaches to issues of significant national security.
- Participate in the planning and development of courses of study for IRMC educational programs.
- Lead and participates in collaborative relationships as a member of the IRM College faculty to ensure the accomplishment of college mission.
- Serve as liaison with DoD, other government agencies, and civilian institutions and businesses through various meetings, conferences and symposia.
Purdue University Calumet: Associate Professor August 2003 to March 2011
Promoted from Assistant to Associate August 2008.
Held primary responsibility for the creation and delivery of information technology and security curriculum that is taught at a distance and in the classroom. Served as the lead instructor on all networking, operating system, and security courses within the department. Maintained and fostered the growth and experience of a cadre of masters degree seeking graduate students.
- Served on various advisory and governance committees providing leadership within the campus and university system
- Enabled and contributed leadership to faculty and administration
- Provided and enhanced the curriculum development process
- Created and disseminated innovative lecture and laboratory experience
- Enhanced student success through mentorship to undergraduate and graduate students
- Provided innovative development of funding strategies bother internally and externally
NCR Corporation: Senior Consultant 1 – August 2000 to August 2003
Led efforts towards extensive system integration tasks on various information technology projects. Provided consulting and knowledge of SNMP traffic, firewalls, security, help desk, systems, and project management as required to customer executives and technical experts. Provided leadership and responsibility for entire architectural review prior to implementation on all customer project sites. Supported any engineering activities for project enhancements internationally. Developed and wrote white papers setting project scope and methods for corporate leadership.
- Advanced customer corporate goals toward systems engineering of networks and security
- Enhanced leadership towards capacity planning and provisioning
- Effectively provided consultancy for firewall and Security
- Led efforts for customers towards trouble shooting of network issues
- Enhanced, adapted, and led world-wide logistical analysis and planning efforts
- Determined best practices for configuration management activities
- Led successful customer support solution design and implementation efforts
- Led customer interaction and communication strategies
- Developed corporate cisco installation and management practice
- Developed and integrated Sun Microsystems Solaris within the enterprise
- Enhanced and adapted SNMP and RMON to the federated enterprise
- Engaged in extensive negotiation and communication with senior customer executives
- Provided leadership of project management across federated enterprise environments
Access Data Consulting Corporation: Senior Technical Consultant – April 2000 to August 2000
Provided leadership and served as senior technical consultant providing assistance to other members of the team. Worked closely with the architectural design requirements of a web enhanced application suite. Was responsible for providing documentation and briefing materials for customer executive management. Served a customer base composed of leading e-commerce companies. Developed and implemented help desk processes and procedures for insuring customer satisfaction.
- Engaged in web application development
- Developed and wrote Java Script applications for web pages
- Developed and wrote HTML coded web pages
- Managed several types of web and application servers
- Developed and responded to verification of specifications and requirements documents
- Provided capability documents and analysis of requirements to customers
Litton/TASC (now Northrop Grumman/TASC): Senior Member Technical Staff – September 1999 to April 2000.
Managed the release of software, network enhancements, and Source-Safe code library within Department of Defense requirements. Assisted with response to technical queries, consultations with customer, and engineered technical solutions. Provided domain expertise and leadership in developing network solutions, and software engineering of project management software within the Department of Defense context. Procured, maintained, and solved issues dealing with network operating systems and hardware within the Department of Defense customer environment. Led analysis of and suggested response to customer training and solution needs at the customer site. Led and managed timelines, budgets, and project activities of vendors for the Department of Defense customer. Provided leadership and held responsibility for briefing general officers, military staff, and executive civilian staff on various assigned topics.
- Provided solutions to technical queries in consultation with customer and engineering staff
- Managed user requirements and developer solutions as needed
- Maintained and developed security plan and adherence to USAF policies strategy
- Maintained and insured adherence to disaster recovery policies and procedures
- Provided leadership and mentorship to subordinates
- Developed, wrote, and implemented enterprise project plans
- Briefed senior and executive management on various solution oriented proposals
- Managed budget and control costs of infrastructure components
- Provided subject matter expertise in network solutions, and software engineering of project management software
- Analyzed, suggested, and trained on various solution subjects at the customer site.
MCIWorldcom (Contracted Services): Senior Program Manager – February 1999 to September 1999.
Provided leadership and subject matter expertise for systems analysis on the Y2K project. Provided technical leadership and oversight for executive management. Held primary responsibility for briefing customer executive management on technical solution strategies. Managed the development of migration paths for the known universe of network equipment. Managed a budget of over $60 million and coordinated expense documentation with the financial executive manager. Provided subject matter expertise to management on embedded network systems. Developed requirements analysis documentation for project management software. Briefed senior executive leadership on project milestone successes and issues.
- Responsible for hiring, reviewing and firing contractor/employee project staff
- Tasked with leadership and coordinating team activities across the project
- Developed, and wrote project scope documents
- Developed, wrote, and implemented project plans
- Developed, wrote and edited multiple statements of work as subject matter expert
- Briefed senior and executive MCIW personnel on customer and project goals
- Briefed senior and executive customer personnel on techniques, procedures and solutions
- Served as subject matter expert liaison to customer senior technical staff
- Provided knowledge of, and dealt with known universe of embedded network systems
- Designed, integrated, and implemented municipal area networks (MAN’s), wide area networks (WAN’s), local area networks (LAN’s) globally
- Developed, managed, and implemented enterprise wide solutions for fortune 100 customers
- Developed and analyzed requirements on a variety of project management software tools
- Responsible as the subject matter expert for project wide activities
Basec.Net: Network Engineer – December 1997 to June 1998
Managed, implemented, and configured Internet hardware across the corporate enterprise. Led and developed innovative solutions for federation of customer enterprise networks. Developed and managed corporate billing and helpdesk database. Led team of technical assistance personnel who provided Tier 2 and Tier 3 help desk support. Responsible for briefing management of customer companies on product enhancements and enterprise solutions. Developed and maintained applications and performed webmaster functions developing web pages. Managed and implemented enterprise wide infrastructure enhancements.
- Installed, and configured Internet hardware (Cisco routers, Livingston Portmasters, Servers, etc.) into Internet Service Provider backbone
- Created and managed user database
- Interviewed and provided hiring recommendations on numerous personnel
- Conducted performance reviews of technical assistance personnel
- Developed and implemented a training program for technical assistance personnel
- Developed and maintained various UNIX applications
- Managed and implemented enterprise wide infrastructure enhancements
- Integrated processes for implementation of security policies
Consulting and schooling – 1994 – 1997 - Attended School and worked various short-term information technology assignments and contracts.
Pierce County Sheriff Department: Corrections Officer -August 1989 – December 1993
Special duties performed included court room services to the judges, and legal staff. I managed several special projects where policies were written on staffing, shift rotation, budget synopses, upgrades of phone and data networks, and implementation of computer systems.
- Provided courtroom surveillance and protection to legal staff
- Detained and arranged for in-custody defendant’s arrival to court.
- Provided transport services for medical care to in-custody defendants and convicted prisoners.
- Acted as an armed and unarmed response to critical situations within the custodial environment.
- Assisted with investigations into the use of violence by officers.
- Worked as the law enforcement liaison with contractors upgrading computer systems.
- Negotiated and managed telecom upgrade (voice and data)
- Developed requirement documents for computer systems.
- Assisted with the implementation of computer upgrades.
Kitsap County Sheriff Department
Corrections Officer – October 1987 – August 1989
Managed the technical workings and implementation of upgrades within the Central Control Room where the computerized alarms and surveillance gear resides. I managed the upgrade of several voice and data systems. Implemented new policies from Washington State Crime Information Computer managers, and managed local access to terminals.
- Detained individuals for court officials.
- Developed requirements for a new surveillance system.
- Acted as the liaison for computer related issues.
- Managed preferred vendor services on security services.
Military Service
United States Marine Corps: September 1984 – October 1986
Military Occupational Specialty- Small Missile Systems Technician
Washington State Army National Guard: June 1983 – August 1983
Military Occupational Specialty- Tank Driver
Publications and Presentations
Book Chapters
Liles, S., “ A unified generational warfare model”, The Handbook of 5th Generation Warfare, 2010
Liles, S., “The issues of non-state actors and the nation state”, Threats in the Age of Obama, 2009
Liles, S., Kamali, R., “Information Assurance and Security Curriculum Meeting the SIGITE Guidelines”, Handbook of Research on Social and Organizational Liabilities in Information Security; 2008
Journals
Borton, M., Liles, S., Liles, S. “Cyberwar Policy”, The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law, Spring 2010, pp 303 – 324
Borton, M., Liles, S, “Active defense of corporate information systems”, IO Journal, May 2010
Wozniak, J., Liles, S. “Political and technical roadblocks to cyber attack attribution”, IO Journal, Inaugural Issue, April 2009
Liles, S., A review of Software Forensics by Robert Slade, Journal of Digital Forensic Practice. 2008.
Liles, S., Kamali, R., “An Information Assurance and Security curriculum implementation” The Journal of Issues in Information Systems and Information Technology Volume 3, 2006
Kamali, R., Liles, S., Jiang, K., Nicolai, B., “A Curriculum Model Based on the SIGITE Guidelines” Journal of Information Technology Education, Volume 5, 2006.
Amici Curiae
United States v. Ray Andrus, On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas,” Brief of Amici Curiae Computer Forensics Researchers and Scientists”, August 2007
Conference Proceedings
Liles, S., Dietz, J.E., Rogers, M., Larson, D., “Applying traditional military principles to cyber warfare”, Fourth Annual International Conference on Cyber Conflict, Cooperative Cyber Defence, Center of Excellence, June 5 – 8, 2012, Talinn Estonia (Accepted!)
Uzubell, S., Liles, S., Jiang, K., “An Analysis of the Common Body of Knowledge of Software Assurance”, SIGITE, October 7 – 9, 2010, Central Michigan University, Midland MI
Liles, S. ”Cyberwarfare: A form of low-intensity conflict and insurgency”, In proceedings Conference on Cyber Conflict, Cooperative Cyber Defence, Center of Excellence, June 16-18, 2010, Tallinn Estonia
Liles, S., “Cyber warfare compared to fourth and fifth generation warfare as applied to the Internet”. In proceedings of International 2007 International Symposium on Technology and Society: Risk, Vulnerability, Uncertainty, Technology and Society, June 1 – 2, 2007, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Rosco, R., Rogers, M. Liles, S., “Breaking Down Stereotypes: A Call for an ontological Model”. In proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Hilton Waikoloa Village Waikoloa HI January 3 – 6, 2007
Liles, S., Kamali, R., 2006. “An Information Assurance and Security curriculum implementation”. In proceedings of International Informing Science + Information Technology Education joint Conference (Manchester, England, UK, June 25 -28 2006).
Kamali, R., Liles, S., Winer, C., Jiang, K., and Nicolai, B. 2005. “An implementation of the SIGITE model curriculum”. In Proceedings of the 6th Conference on information Technology Education (Newark, NJ, USA, October 20 – 22, 2005). SIGITE ’05. ACM Press, New York, NY.
Liles, S., “A vendor neutral wide area networking course” American Society for Engineering Education 2005 Illinois-Indiana Sectional Conference (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA April 1-2, 2005)
Liles, S., “A vendor neutral local area networking course” American Society for Engineering Education 2005 Illinois-Indiana Sectional Conference (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA April 1-2, 2005)
Liles, S., “Distance Education II Collaboration With Industry: Utilizing Software To Build Community and Foster Communication”, ASEE CIEC 2005, February 24-25, 2005
Technical Editor
Barrett, D., Kipper, G., Virtualization and Forensics: A digital forensic investigator’s guide to virtual environments, Syngress 2010
Bolt, S., Xbox Forensics, First Edition, Syngress 2010
Invited Speaker
Presented – “Cyber Threats” National War College Alumni Meeting, Naples Florida, March 2, 2012
Presented – “Cyber Threats” First Cavalry Alumni Meeting, Springfield Virginia, February 18, 2012
Panelist – “Managing Cyber Risk through Recovery Driven Resiliency”, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington DC, February 14, 2012
Presented – “Federal Government Privacy Day: Future technology challenges to privacy”, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington DC, October 15, 2011
Presented – “Cyber Threats”, Senior Executive Seminar, John G. Marshall Center, Garmisch Germany, September 8, 2011
Moderator – “Cyber Security Threats” Spy Museum, Washington, DC, May 18, 2011
Panelist – “Cyber Conflict at the Operational Level”, Cyber Conflict Studies Association, Washington DC September 21, 2010
Panelist – “Cyberwarfare and non-state actors”, Conference on Cyber Conflict, Cooperative Cyber Defence, Center of Excellence, Tallinn Estonia, June 16-18, 2010
Poster Presentation
Liles, S., Rogers, M., Dietz, J., Larson, D., Raskin, V., “Cyberwarfare as a form of conflict: Evaluation of models of cyber conflict as a prototype to conceptual analysis”, CERIAS Research Symposium 2012
Liles, S. “Risk assessment in an information centric world: Threats, vulnerabilities, countermeasures and impacts (a work in progress)”, CERIAS Research Symposium 2012
Uzubell, S., Liles, S., Jiank, K., “Software Assurance in Academia”, SIGITE, October 7 – 9, 2010, Central Michigan University, Midland MI
Bingham N., Dark M., Liles S., Mislan R., Rogers M., Rose M., Wedge T., “Digital Forensics Learning Objects”, CERIAS Research Symposium 2006
Liles S,, Rogers M,. “Cyber warfare as low intensity conflict”, CERIAS Research Symposium 2008.
Technical Publications
Liles, S., Larson, D. “A Gap Analysis for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security District One Law Enforcement”, Purdue University Calumet and Indiana Department of Homeland Security District 1, December 2009
Kamali R., Liles S., Winer C., “Report on the programs in Computer Information Sciences South Suburban Community College”, April 2007
Dark M., Liles S., Rose M., Rogers M., “Computer Forensics: Introduction to Computer Forensics Law”, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, July 2005
Dark M., Liles S., Rose M., Rogers M., “Computer Forensics: Computer Forensics Principles”, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, July 2005
Research Monographs with Undergraduates
Chavez, A., Liles, S., “Green Data Center Practices”, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, under graduate research project, Spring 2010
“Navy Marine Corps Intranet Project” Spring 2008,
“Network Architecture & Design; Virtualized Network Design for Computer Information Technology Department”, Summer 2006, 271 Pages
“Highly Available Highly Mobile Instantly Deployable Wireless Network”, Fall 2005, 145 Pages
MS Directed Project Advisees
Mathew Borton, Assessment of legal issues in cyberwar, April 2010
Nickolas Bakker, Data center for information technology networking courses, April 2010
Justin Verburg, Evaluating an Internet protocol version 6 implementation in a small business, April 2010
Susan Uzubell, Software assurance: An analysis of the common body of knowledge and dissemination strategies, April 2010
Matt Van Bodegraven, Testing and validating Crowbar for law enforcement agencies, April 2010
MS Directed Project Committees
Janet Booker, Assistive technology for Braille printing, December 2008
Grantsmanship and funding
Fall 2004 Cisco Information Assurance Group equipment gift in kind valued at $111,000
Fall 2006 Internal Purdue equipment grant for laboratory virtualization approximately $450,000
Spring 2008 Department of Homeland Security career development fellowship $56,000
Membership in Academic, Professional, and Scholarly Societies
| 2003 to Present | ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) |
| 2003 to Present | ACM – SIGITE (Special Interest Group Information Technology Education) |
| 2003 to Present | IEEE-Computer Society (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) |
| 2007 to 2010 | ISO/ANSI TAG TC 223 “Societal Security” subject matter expert technology representing the United States |
University Service
National Defense University
February 2012 – Presented Google Applications Environment – Presented Enterprise Risk Management Course as delivered in Google Application Environment to senior leadership
July 2011 to Present Cyber Studies Group – Community of practice at National Defense University
March 2011 to Present – University Research Council (Alternate) Serve as alternate in advisor capacity to National Defense University research council.
Purdue University Calumet
Fall 2010 Friday University Lecturer Cyber conflict and other hazards of modern technology
Fall 2010 to Spring 2011 Chair of the Student Affairs Committee
Fall 2009 to Spring 2010 Chair of the Purdue Calumet Faculty Senate
Representing the University faculty to various committees and functions.
Fall 2008 to Spring 2009 Vice Chair of the Purdue Calumet Faculty Senate
Representing the University faculty to various committees and functions.
Fall 2008 to Spring 2011 Faculty Senate Agenda Committee
Voting member to the standing senate agenda committee.
Fall 2008 to Spring 2009 Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee (CEP)
Faculty senator representing my school to the curriculum committee.
Summer 2008 to Fall 2008 University Portal Content Advisory Committee
This committee was chartered by Mark Lacien to bring together the stakeholders of the new content portal MyPUC and as a technically minded member of the faculty with experience in Web 2.0 I was asked to help drive the first iteration and prototype roll out as an advisor and member of this committee.
Fall 2007 to Spring 2009 Faculty Grievance Committee
Fall 2007 to 2009 The CTIS Oversight Committee
I was chosen as a faculty member to sit on this committee as a faculty stakeholder representative on the committee for information-technology across the university, and to bring issues from the faculty users before it as an advocate.
Evidence of Teaching National Defense University
Comment: The iCollege at National Defense University has a formal method of student assessment of teaching. The teaching strategy is team teaching where professors teach specific lessons in a seminar environment. Out of respect for fellow faculty I will not report results in public.
Evidence of Teaching Purdue University
Core Questions 5-Strongly Agree 4-Agree 3-Undecided 2-Degree 1-Strongly Disagree
- My instructor creates an atmosphere highly conducive to learning.
- My instructor’s explanations are especially clear.
- Assignments are relevant, interesting, and well integrated.
- My instructor has stimulated my thinking.
- My instructor seems well prepared for class.
- My instructor stimulated interest in the course.
- Overall, I feel I have learned a great deal in this course.
- I would enjoy taking another course from this instructor.
Fall 2010
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| ITS 200-32625 | 25 | 18 | 4.44 | 4.22 | 4.61 | 4.66 | 4.44 | 4.44 | 4.17 | 4.33 |
| ITS 450-33712 | 14 | 13 | 4.75 | 4.15 | 4.15 | 4.61 | 4.53 | 4.38 | 4.30 | 4.30 |
| ITS 452-34171 | 17 | 16 | 4.68 | 4.31 | 4.43 | 4.62 | 4.56 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.68 |
| ITS 470-32637 | 17 | 16 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.37 | 4.62 | 4.56 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.43 |
Spring 2010
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| ITS 200-63869 | 19 | 12 | 4.25 | 3.91 | 4.16 | 4.41 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 4.00 | 3.75 |
| TECH581-05-65432 | 12 | 11 | 4.63 | 4.81 | 4.72 | 4.81 | 4.63 | 4.72 | 4.72 | 4.81 |
Fall 2009
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| ITS 200 – 32625 | 19 | 13 | 4.38 | 4.07 | 4.23 | 4.38 | 4.23 | 4.00 | 4.30 | 4.38 |
| ITS 470 – 32637 | 13 | 10 | 4.2 | 4.00 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.30 | 4.50 | 4.40 | 4.30 |
Spring 2009
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| ITS 454 – 62862 | 10 | 10 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| ITS 472 – 63859 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4.71 | 4.71 | 5 | 4.85 | 5 | 4.71 | 5 |
| TECH581N – 64902 | 9 | 8 | 4.87 | 4.25 | 4.62 | 5 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.87 | 4.75 |
Fall 2008
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| ITS 452 – 34171 | 14 | 13 | 4.76 | 4.53 | 4.15 | 4.61 | 4.69 | 4.46 | 4.61 | 4.69 |
| ITS 470 – 32637 | 13 | 13 | 4.83 | 4.58 | 4.75 | 4.83 | 4.83 | 4.83 | 4.58 | 4.91 |
| TECH581 – 34463 | 9 | 6 | 4.83 | 4.5 | 4.83 | 5 | 4.83 | 5 | 4.83 | 4.83 |
Spring 2008
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| ITS 350 – 64328 | 16 | 14 | 4.93 | 4.69 | 4.30 | 4.92 | 4.84 | 4.84 | 4.84 | 4.84 |
| ITS 472 – 63859 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4.45 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.81 | 4.81 | 4.90 | 4.81 |
Fall 2007
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| ITS 200 – 32625 | 25 | 17 | 4.17 | 4 | 4.11 | 4.52 | 4.52 | 4.17 | 4.29 | 4 |
| ITS 430 – 32817 | 9 | 8 | 3.62 | 3 | 4 | 4.12 | 3.87 | 3.87 | 4 | 4 |
| ITS 470 – 32637 | 15 | 13 | 4.15 | 3.92 | 4.07 | 4.23 | 4.15 | 4.15 | 3.84 | 4.23 |
Spring 2007
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| ITS 170 – 62982 | 20 | 12 | 4.50 | 3.76 | 3.69 | 4.69 | 4.30 | 4.10 | 3.90 | 4.10 |
| ITS 270 – 62991 | 15 | 12 | 4.26 | 3.86 | 4.20 | 4.40 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 4.20 | 4.06 |
| ITS 356 – 62988 | 14 | 12 | 3.42 | 3.50 | 3.42 | 3.50 | 3.42 | 3.42 | 3.50 | 3.40 |
| ITS 372 – 63450 | 20 | 16 | 4.56 | 4.25 | 4.06 | 4.37 | 4.5 | 4.31 | 4.25 | 4.25 |
Fall 2006
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| ITS 135 – 32638 | 20 | 16 | 4.56 | 4.47 | 4.13 | 4.56 | 4.53 | 4.67 | 4.60 | 4.25 |
| ITS 170 – 32643 | 14 | 12 | 4.86 | 4.43 | 4.79 | 4.86 | 4.86 | 4.79 | 4.86 | 4.79 |
| ITS 270 – 32629 | 12 | 10 | 4.70 | 4.20 | 4.40 | 4.70 | 5.8 | 4.56 | 4.40 | 4.40 |
Spring 2006
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| CIS 103 – 61806 | 20 | 12 | 4.40 | 4.30 | 4.20 | 4.60 | 4.60 | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.40 |
| CIS 287 – 61038 | 12 | 8 | 4.50 | 4.60 | 4.00 | 4.70 | 4.60 | 4.30 | 4,00 | 4.50 |
| CIS 445 – 61103 | 12 | 12 | 4.90 | 4.70 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
Fall 2005
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| CIS 287 -31465 | 9 | 8 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 |
| CIS 315 -31388 | 10 | 3 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| CIS 420 -31399 | 7 | 4 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 |
| CIS 457 -31517 | 14 | 7 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| CIS 445 -31403 | 11 | 8 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 |
| CIS 451 -32264 | 7 | 5 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
Spring 2005
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| CIS 315 – 61073 | 15 | 14 | 4.90 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 |
| CIS 420 – 61600 | 14 | 14 | 4.90 | 4.50 | 4.90 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 4.80 | 4.70 |
| CIS 445 – 61103 | 12 | 12 | 4.80 | 4.60 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.80 |
Fall 2004
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| CIS 310 – 31467 | 13 | 13 | 4.90 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 |
| CIS 420 – 31399 | 9 | 9 | 5.00 | 4.40 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.80 | 5.00 | 4.80 | 5.00 |
| CIS 445 – 31403 | 18 | 14 | 5.00 | 4.60 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.90 | 4.60 | 4.60 | 4.90 |
Spring 2004
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| CIS 286 – 61037 | 12 | 7 | 3.70 | 4.00 | 4.10 | 3.50 | 3.40 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.70 |
| CIS 310 – 61072 | 16 | 15 | 4.70 | 4.60 | 4.60 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.70 | 4.90 |
| CIS 315 – 61073 | 15 | 14 | 4.80 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.90 | 4.70 | 4.80 | 4.70 | 5.00 |
| CIS 420 – 61600 | 8 | 7 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
Fall 2003
| Course – Section | # Students | # Responses | Core 1 | Core 2 | Core 3 | Core 4 | Core 5 | Core 6 | Core 7 | Core 8 |
| CIS 140 – 32809 | 24 | 16 | 4.40 | 4.10 | 4.10 | 4.30 | 4.80 | 4.50 | 4.60 | 4.60 |
| CIS 310 – 33206 | 18 | 14 | 4.50 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.30 | 4.50 | 4.60 |
| CIS 315 – 33066 | 18 | 14 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 |
Graduate Courses taught in iCollege/IRMC at National Defense University
Information Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection (6203)
This course provides a comprehensive overview of information assurance and critical information infrastructure protection. Information assurance of information assets and protection of the information component of critical national infrastructures essential to national security are explored. The focus is at the public policy and strategic management level, providing a foundation for analyzing the information security component of information systems and critical infrastructures. Laws, national strategies and public policies, and strengths and weaknesses of various approaches are examined for assuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical information assets.
Enterprise Information Security and Risk Management (6206)
Course Manager
This course explores three themes, based on the Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM®), critical to enterprise information and cyber security management areas: information security risk management, information security/assurance governance, and information security/assurance program management. Examining the concepts and trends in the practice of risk management, the course analyzes their applicability to the protection of information. Information security/assurance governance is illuminated by exploring oversight, legislation, and guidance that influence federal government information security/assurance. The course explores the challenges of implementing risk management and governance through enterprise security/ assurance program management. This includes enterprise information and cyber security strategies, policies, standards, controls, measures (security assessment/metrics), incident response, resource allocation, workforce is- sues, ethics, roles, and organizational structure.
Information Operations and National Security in the Information Age (6207)
Prerequisite: Secret Clearance is required
This course examines the essential paradigms and concepts of Information Operations (IO), Information Assurance (IA), and Strategic Communication (SC). It explores the technological revolution and the information component of national power, and examines that component in the National Security Strategy in light of the nature of the interconnected age; existing national policy; organizational transformation; and equities involved in IO, IA, and SC and information as a strategic environment. The course concludes by exploring the new paradigm of national security in the Information Age and the need for an information strategy to support the National Security Strategy.
Information, Warfare, and Military Strategy (6202)
Prerequisite: Secret Clearance is required.
This course examines key considerations for the planning and conduct of information operations at the theater and strategic levels. The course emphasizes inter-agency and international considerations in the planning and conduct of Information Operations (IO). Students examine selected non-U.S. approaches to the strategies for and uses of the full spectrum of information operations by current and potential global competitors and adversaries. They examine strategic legal implications and considerations and the use/misuse of IO strategies against an adaptive adversary. The course concludes with a snapshot of current U.S. military IO strategies.
Cyber Security for Information Leaders (6201)
This course explores concepts and practices of defending the modern net-centric computer and communications environment. The course covers the 10 domains of the Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP®) Common Body of Knowledge (CBK®). It covers a wide range of technical issues and current topics including basics of network security; threats, vulnerabilities, and risks; network vulnerability assessment; firewalls and intrusion detection; transmission security and TEMPEST; operating system security; web security; encryption and key management; physical and personnel security; incident handling and forensics; authentication, access control, and biometrics; wireless security; virtual/3D Worlds; and emerging net- work security technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) security. The course also defines the role of all personnel in promoting security awareness.
Terrorism and Crime in Cyberspace (6215)
This course explores the nature of conflict in the cyber realm by focusing on two major Internet-based threats to U.S. national security: cyber terrorism and cyber crime. The course examines who is undertaking these cyber activities, what techniques they use, and what countermeasures can be adopted to mitigate their impact. The course provides a risk management framework to help information leaders leverage the benefits of Internet technologies while minimizing the risks that such technologies pose to their organizations.
Undergraduate courses taught at Purdue University Calumet
ITS 135 Operating Systems Technologies: This course covers operating systems concepts, applications, administrative activities, installation, customization, maintenance, security, and other topics.
ITS 170 Networking Technologies: This course covers routing and switching, physical layer, foundations of networking, security, application considerations, network management, and other topics.
ITS 200 Ethical and Legal Issues of IT: This course covers professional communications, social context of computing, teamwork concepts and issues, intellectual properties, legal issues in computing, organization context, professional and ethical issues, responsibilities, privacy and civil liberties, and other topics.
ITS 250 Fundamentals of Information Assurance: (Prerequisite ITS 170 and ITS 135) This course covers security mechanisms, fundamental aspects, operational issues, policy, attacks, security domains, forensics, information states, security services, threat analysis, vulnerabilities, and other topics.
ITS 350 Systems Assurance: (Prerequisite ITS 250) This course covers the implementation of systems assurance with computing systems. Topics include confidentiality, integrity, authentication, non-repudiation, intrusion detection, physical security, and encryption. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned.
ITS 352 Disaster recovery and planning: (Prerequisite ITS 350) This course covers risk management and business continuity. Topics include disaster recovery strategies, mitigation strategies, risk analysis, and development of contingency plans for unexpected outages and component failures. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned.
ITS 354 Information Assurance Risk Assessment: (Prerequisite ITS 350) This course covers industry and government requirements and guidelines for information assurance and auditing of computing systems. Topics include risk assessment and implementation of standardized requirements and guidelines.
ITS 356 Securing Wireless Systems: (Prerequisite ITS 250) This course covers the implementation of secure wireless systems and computing systems. Topics, intrusion detection, physical security, communications security, and encryption with wireless systems. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned.
ITS 372 System Administration and Management: (Prerequisite ITS 330) This course covers system performance analysis, benchmarking, acceptance testing, security strategies, file systems analysis, auditing, server roles, and best practices. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned.
ITS 430 Systems Programming: (Prerequisite ITS 340) This course covers multiple platform scripting tools and script development for customization of systems features, batch operations, and automated system management. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned.
ITS 450 Software Assurance: (Prerequisite ITS 352) This course covers defensive programming techniques, bounds analysis, error handling, advanced testing techniques, detailed code auditing, and software specification in a trusted assured environment. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned.
ITS 454 Assured Systems Design and Implementation: (Pattern 2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab, 3 hours credit)(Prerequisite ITS 450 and ITS 452) This course covers the design and implementation of assured systems in an enterprise environment. Topics include hardening of operating systems, choice of platforms, design criteria within the assured systems domain. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned.
ITS 470 Large Scale High Performance Systems: (Prerequisite ITS 370 and ITS 372) This course covers topics in grid computing, managing computing clusters, distributed processing environments, storage area networks, and large computing environments.
ITS 479 Topics in Networking: (Prerequisite ITS 470) This course covers special topics and emerging technologies in networking.
ITS 480 Project Development and Management: (Prerequisite ITS 350 or ITS 360 or (ITS 370 and ITS 372)) This course covers the planning, design, selection, and project management of information technology systems. The course contains the development of requirements, configuration of hardware and software, management of the procurement and implementation process, performance requirements, contract negotiations, and legal issues within a comprehensive project.
ITS 490 Senior Project/Undergraduate Research: (Co requisite ITS 459, or ITS 469, or ITS 479) This capstone course brings together the different domains of Information Technology. The course contains topics of distributed application development, networking, information assurance and security that integrate around an unconstrained problem of substantial complexity with an undefined solution and the implementation of the design solution
Graduate courses taught at Purdue University Calumet
OLS 590A/B Foundation in Homeland Security Studies (With Dr. Dean Larson): Course will use an interdisciplinary approach to address the fundamental issues related to preventing, mitigating, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from major catastrophic events, both intentional and unintentional, that threaten the security and well-being of private and public sector resources and infrastructures. Contents will explore the characteristics of security and how personal and corporate perspectives of security vary; identification of assets and assessing cost/benefits of protecting them; conducting risk assessment and risk management; crisis decision making; current emergency management resources and response infrastructures; best practices in emergency management and risk and crisis communication; business continuity; and the importance of a collaborative response through application of team building skills. Real world case studies will be examined including the 9-11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina. Invited presentations by external experts in the field of homeland security will be included and career opportunities in the field discussed.
TECH 581E Computer Information Technology Security Topics: This course covers a variety of information security and security topics in general.
TECH 581N Information Security Management: This seminar course will address current issues in trust in information systems intra-organizationally, inter-organizationally, nationally, and internationally. Topics include: industries affected, security management, risk assessment models, standards and regulations, information security policy, and select topics in operations security. Information security is a ubiquitous issue; it cuts across all industry sectors (critical infrastructures such as finance, transportation, utilities, energy, and telecommunication; manufacturing, service, etc), it cuts across several different job functions (executives and managers, IT, accounting, audit, users, etc.) and disciplines (computer science, law, computer engineering, management, economics, sociology, psychology, accounting, etc.) within those various sectors, and across borders.
Tech 581M Distributed Computer Forensics: Distributed computer forensics is a poorly defined area of the computer forensics discipline. This course is an examination of the various technologies described as distributed computer forensics.
TECH 581T Networking Security: Advanced conceptual and technological aspects of network security for voice and data networks.
Tech 581W Computer Network Operations: Computer network operations is the description of various activities including auditing and actively evaluating network security. It spans the areas of computer network attack, computer network exploitation, and computer network sabotage. This course will examine the relevant tools, techniques, skills, methods, ethics, and associated principles of computer network operations from a red teaming perspective. This course has a laboratory component.
Tech 581-07 Computer Forensics: This course covers the techniques used in the forensic analysis of computerized systems for gathering evidence to detail how a system has been exploited or used. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned.